WINTER 2017

McWANE DUCTILE PROJECT PROFILES Pg.10 Pg. 6 McWane New Hires

Pg. 18 Ask the Ditch Doctor INSIDE 'S FASTEST McWane Ductile GROWING COMMUNITY (PG. 4) IN THIS ISSUE

WELCOME TO MODERN McWANE

Dear Readers, and when you want to build your utilities to last for generations, your best choice is Ductile Iron Pipe from McWane Ductile. Another issue of Modern McWane is here for your enjoyment. Being Again, we also want to bring up to you the continuing lobbying the Winter Issue, it brings the by the American Chemistry Council and the PVC pipe industry thoughts of endings and beginnings to restrict what you choose to put into your utility system. They to mind. Holiday decorations are again pushing legislation to have state governments and are put up, taken down and put federal agencies require utilities to include PVC in all project away. Friends, new additions to specifications. This is in spite of increasing research raising our families, and coworkers are the question of the potential negative health effects of plastics, welcomed, and those who have passed are remembered and especially PVC. It has been shown that the production of PVC missed. As a song’s lyrics go, “Every new beginning comes from in particular creates toxins that are dangerous enough to make some other beginning’s end.” As 2017 ends, we reflect on the communities uninhabitable. Is PVC the lead and asbestos of the past year and begin preparing for the upcoming year. Reviews 21st century has yet to be answered, but being responsible for and evaluations are done, initiatives are identified and created, the public health of the people who rely on these utility systems planning meetings are held, and expectations are set. we build, can the risk be accepted? What have we learned from Flint, Michigan, and the fact that the lead pipes we are so From McWane Ductile, we introduce personnel who have had concerned about today were also required to be included in new beginnings with McWane Ductile and Canada Pipe in 2017. specifications in laws promoted by those selling it, just like the Please welcome our new staff: Martin Phinney, National Sales plastics industry is promoting today. Do we learn from this or are Engineer for Canada, Christine Dunn-Michaelidis in California, we repeating those mistakes? Daniel Sullivan in Utah, and Brittleigh Unger in the Marketing Department. Also, congratulate those ending old roles and Finally, on closing, I would like to thank you all again for beginning new roles with us: Dustin Henderson and Jeremy Gwin, welcoming Modern McWane and your continued partnership new Regional Sales Managers, and Stuart Liddell, the new Sales with McWane Ductile. This marks the last issue you will hear from Operations Manager (more on that below). All great additions and me, as I will retire in January. It has been my pleasure to be part promotions making McWane Ductile even stronger. of bringing this publication to life and to you. Obviously, it could never have been done without the participation and support of too Also in this issue we have the always popular Ditch Doctor many people to mention or list here, but I thank them all the same. providing unique insight and advice for those issues and All of those past and present coworkers at McWane Ductile have questions from the field. Additionally the Project Profile Section made it an honor and pleasure to be part of bringing the many highlights a McWane Ductile Gravity Sewer project in South new beginnings we have had. Stuart Liddell, as Sales Operations ® Carolina, an interesting McWane Ductile TR Flex project in the Manager, will take this place in future issues, and I’m certain, Cleveland, Ohio, area and another Horizontal Directional Drill under his guidance, you will continue to see news and content ® (HDD) McWane Ductile TR Flex project this time in the East in worthy of your time and attention. Geneva, New York. An especially interesting project in Canada for a sewage force main project that involved three, 18” TR Flex® pipelines tied together installed into a single casing — Mark Niewodowski be sure to check out that project. These projects highlight how National Manager Marketing and Specifications Dept.

2 BUILDING IRON STRONG UTILITIES FOR GENERATIONS

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3 CANADA'S FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY BY P. STRINGER, MANAGER, ONTARIO SALES REGION

THE PROJECT Britannia Rd. — Halton Region (Milton), Ontario 2016/17 Contract S-2977A -15 Vol. 2A Triple Sewage Force Main / Microtunnel Carrier Pipe Ductile Iron Pipe — 450mm dia. (18”) PC 350 TR Flex® c/w Ceramic Epoxy* Lining * Protecto 401™ Consulting Engineer: CH2M Hill — Toronto (North York) Ontario General Contractor: NAC (North American Construction) Sub-Contractors: Kapp Construction / Ward & Burke Microtunnelling Distributor: Wamco — Maple, Ontario — Scott Ellis DI Pipe Supplier: Canada Pipe, Hamilton, Ontario — Paul Stringer / Ron Siddique

BACKGROUND Milton, Ontario, has been Canada’s fastest growing 3. The municipality deemed Britannia Road to be a major community. Situated only 40 km (25 miles) west of downtown east/west traffic route and did not wish to have the road Toronto, it offers more affordable housing in a combined closed for any length of time. urban/country setting. Census Canada has Milton as the “youngest people” town with an average age of 34 years. THE PROPOSAL Rapid urban sprawl precipitates various growing pains, in 1. The original pipeline design included a bridgecrossing (single servicing rural land. Planning departments have many items pipeline) back to a triple pipeline for future, using about 40% to deal with, especially the treatment and supply of safe, microtunnelling on other sections of the pipeline. fresh drinking water and the collection and treatment of raw sewage and wastewater. When sewage and wastewater 2. Ward & Burke would later propose doing the entire force cannot flow by gravity, it must be pumped. The Britannia main (95%) through microtunnelling. This would permit a Road forcemain would involve pumping raw sewage from a triple pipeline throughout (no reduction to a single pipeline huge pumping station a distance of 1,000 metres to overcome along the bridge). underground obstacles and negative slopes. 3. Via a series of launch shafts, a triple pipe assembly would be drawn through 1500 mm diameter concrete tunnel pipe. THE CHALLENGES 4. This triple pipe assembly would need to be the strongest 1. Sewage pumping dynamics would require that three available pipe material with integral pipe-joint restraint. 450 mm (18”) pipelines together would be utilized to pump The pipe would need to withstand the push and pulling sewage to a gravity location. Because the optimum volume forces required for the assembled triple pipeline lengths would increase over time, one larger diameter pipe would and potential surge pressure from pump start-up and not be suitable. Three pipelines would also provide backup instantaneous velocity change (power failure). pumping capacity and the ability to service pumps and equipment while remaining fully operational. Connections in the shafts (directional change) would also require restrained mechanical joint fittings to tighten on the 2. Obstacles along the route included existing natural gas and pipe, and lastly, the annulus between the triple pipe assembly fiber-optic lines, a creek ravine with bridge, and of course, and the casing would be grouted with concrete, including the negative slope. shaft piping connections.

4 *Inside diameters of Ductile Iron Pipe are larger than the stated nominal size. This will equate to large energy (pumping) cost savings over time.

THE OUTCOME 1. Ward & Burke paid great attention to detail from the very beginning.

2. A system was carefully put into place that would carry throughout the project. Pipe joint integrity, leading to a good water seal, would be paramount in every step of the installation.

3. The triple TR Flex® Ductile Iron Pipeline was pressure tested in two long sections, at 170 psi.

4. 100% test results, no leaks (there just couldn’t be).

5. Complete triple pipeline grouted in concrete, including KEY/CRITICAL shafts. Ductile Iron Pipe has strong resistance, where possible collapsing could occur (no problem here). 1. A joint leak in any of the 3,000 meters (1,000 x 3) was unthinkable. This would involve the removal of the entire 6. The tunnelling contractor and all parties involved were triple pipe assembly only to start over again. extremely pleased with TR Flex® Ductile Iron Pipe and its unrivalled advantages/characteristics. 2. The designed test pressure was going to be 170 psi.

3. The entire pipeline, including the shaft piping (redirection), would be encapsulated/grouted in A UNIQUE AND DIFFICULT PROJECT WELL DONE! concrete, under pressure. TR FLEX® DUCTILE IRON PIPE ROSE TO THE PIPING PRODUCT OF CHOICE CHALLENGE AND DELIVERED. After several meetings during the design, CH2M Hill elected to specify:

450 mm (18” dia. x 3 pipe) PC 350 TR Flex® Ductile Iron Pipe with Protecto 401™ ceramic epoxy lining

450MM (18”) TR FLEX® DI PIPE CHARACTERISTICS 1. RWP 350 psi/additional surge allowance 100 psi/2:1 safety factor

2. Inside diameter* 472.2mm (18.59”)

3. Integrally restrained boltless joint

4. Allowable 450 mm (18”) TR Flex® restrained joint deflection 3°

5. Tyton rubber gasket — industry proven and tested at 1,000 psi

6. Dimensionally compatible with all AWWA CIOD products

7. 60,000 psi tensile/42,000 psi min. yield/10% elongation AWWA C150/C151

8. TR Flex® 450mm (18”) diameter maximum pulling force 149,000 lbs

5 McWANE NEW HIRES

DANIEL SULLIVAN

MARTINE BERNIER

Daniel Sullivan joined the McWane Ductile team as a Sales Representative working in the Seattle area. He was born in , but grew up in Mills Creek, Washington. He graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in business management, playing football throughout his college career. Daniel lives in Shoreline, Washington, with fiancé, Keiko, and daughter, Andersen.

STUART LIDDELL

We are pleased to announce Stuart Liddell has been promoted to Sales Operation Manager. Stuart earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial distribution/marketing from the University of at Birmingham in March 1995, joining McWane in 1996 as a Sales Representative. Since then, Stuart has held positions as District Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, and most currently, Assistant General Sales Manager. Stuart and his wife, Robbi, reside in Ocala, Florida. Both of their daughters attend universities within the state of Florida.

6 BRITTLEIGH UNGER

Brittleigh Unger has joined McWane Ductile and the Marketing and Specifications Department as a Marketing Specialist. Brittleigh received her BA in business from Muskingum University with a focus in economics. She started her career in banking, then moving on to nonprofit management, gaining over seven years of experience in sales and marketing management. She and her husband, Mike — who is also a McWane Ductile employee — live in Conesville, Ohio, with their two teenage sons, Gannon and Jace.

MARTIN PHINNEY, E.I.T.

Canada Pipe is pleased to announce that Martin Phinney has joined the team as National Sales Engineer. His responsibilities will include working closely with the Canada Pipe sales team in order to provide a more profound knowledge of the product to the consumer. He graduated from the Université de Moncton with a mechanical engineering degree in 2013. Afterwards, he began his career in the rail road industry. Martin and his girlfriend of eight years celebrated their marriage last summer and bought their new home in the Maritime.

7 McWANE NEW HIRES

DUSTY HENDERSON

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Dusty Henderson to Regional Sales Manager. Dusty is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and is currently obtaining his M.B.A. from Tevecca Nazarene University. With five years in distribution previous, Dusty came to McWane Ductile in 2010 as a sales representative covering Tennessee. In his spare time, Dusty enjoys playing golf, hunting, anything associated with the Tennessee Volunteers, and spending as much time as he can with his new wife, Maureen.

JEREMY GWIN

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Jeremy Gwin to Regional Sales Manager. Jeremy is a graduate of Auburn University. Jeremy started his career at McWane in September 2001 as a sales trainee, twice moving with the company to Mississippi and then back to Alabama, his home state. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys traveling with his wife, Jackie, and their teenage son, Logan, as well as hunting the elusive white tail deer.

CHRISTINE MICHAELIDIS

Christine Michaelidis has joined McWane Ductile as the new Sales MARTINE BERNIER Representative for Northern California. Christine has over 20 years’ experience in the water and wastewater industry, most recently with HD Supply.

8 MATT DRUMMOND

McWane is pleased to announce the addition of Matt Drummond to our sales team. As a Sales Representative, Matt will help us bring quality products to consumers across the country. Before joining McWane, Matt accrued a range of valuable sales education and experience. After graduating from Ohio State University in 2005, he honed his skills working in the landscape supply, insurance, and financial services industries. Today, Matt lives in West Lafayette, Ohio with his wife, Theresa, and daughter, Estella. When he’s not on the job, you can often find him taking in a Buckeye game or cooking out on the smoker.

MARK NIEWODOWSKI

As was noted in the introduction of this issue, this will be the finalModern McWane published under the guidance and leadership of Mark Niewodowski. After a 38-year career as a dedicated water and wastewater professional, Mark will retire in January 2018. We here at McWane Ductile would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark and recognize him for all that he has done during his time with us. This includes managing the Marketing and Specifications Department since its inception in 2012 and overseeing the development of this publication. While Mark held a variety of positions in his tenure at McWane, it has been within the MASD group that he has left his most enduring impact. We have truly benefited from his accumulated knowledge and expertise in our business of “Building Iron Strong Utilities for Generations.” One of Mark’s favorite sayings has been that the only constant in life is change, and while we will certainly miss him as he enters this major change in his life, it is because of what he has helped instill here at McWane Ductile, with a legacy of competence and professionalism, that we are confident our dedicated staff will continue to bring an Iron Strong message to all of you for years to come. We all wish Mark the best as he moves into retirement with an initial plan to “just go nowhere,” a luxury that a professional life spent mainly on the road didn’t often afford. Aside from that simple goal, Mark is looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Margo, their four children, and especially their three grandchildren. Congratulations, Mark, you have earned it.

9 McWANE DUCTILE PROJECT PROFILES

CANADA

Sales Region: Canada Types of DIP used on the project: Sales Representative: Michel Métivier Diameter Joint Class Footage Engineer: Martine Bernier, ing. 14" TR Flex® 52 150M (500 ft.) Project Owner/Utility: Quebec City Project Engineer: Apex expert conseil, Simon Simard ing. Specificities of the project: Project Contractor: Construction Polaris Insulated pipe Project Distributor: Emco Bridge crossing Sewer Force Main

A FIRST FOR QUEBEC CITY!

Québec City is the capital of the province of Québec and Canada Pipe was contacted by Simon Simard of Apex was founded in 1608 by the French explorer Champlain. consulting engineers. This consulting firm was mandated Québec City is one of the oldest cities in North America by Québec City to design and find a lasting and durable and the oldest French city in North America. Its solution to crossing the St-Charles River. The St-Charles architecture recalls the old cities of Europe. The city lies River crosses Québec City a few kilometers north of on the shore of the St. Lawrence River. At its location, the city, and the citizens and the municipal elected the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River provided the representatives wanted a safe, lasting solution that name of the city Kébec, an Algonquin word meaning would not contaminate the river. “where the river narrows.” Typically, Québec City would use bell and spigot Tyton The ramparts surrounding the old parts of Québec City Joint Pipe with third-party restrainers for such a project. are the only city walls remaining in the Americas north Martine Bernier, ing. and I suggested TR Flex® Pipe for of Mexico and were declared a World Heritage Site by the project. Also, since it gets very cold in Québec City UNESCO in 1985. and the temperature can be a as low as -22° Fahrenheit, the pipe had to be insulated. As the pipe has a curve More than 150 years ago, the city used cast iron pipe for on the vertical plane, we responded to the engineer's its transmission main to bring water to the city from Lake concerns by reassuring him on the deflection of the St-Charles. Portions of this pipe are still in service today. TR Flex® as well as on its ease of installation. Québec City is a member of DIPRA’s bicentennial club.

10 The job tender was opened in September 2016, and the contractor and the city installed the pipe in spring 2017.

As there were traffic constraints, the work was done during the evening and at night. I was there to assist the contractor with any installation questions. The contractor was also supplied with videos and photos of the installation of TR Flex® pipe. The videos and photos were supplied by Gerry Regula. The technician from the engineering firm, the Emco representative, and the contractor appreciated the presence of Canada Pipe on the job site.

The installation went smoothly and was completed on time!

11 MIDWEST

Sales Region: Midwest Sales Representative: Kevin Ratcliffe Types of DIP used on the project: Project Location: Cleveland, Ohio Diameter Joint Class Footage Project Owner/Utility: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District 12" TR Flex® 52 2,430 Project Engineer: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District 18" TR Flex® 52 1,800 Project Contractor: Independence Excavating Inc Project Distributor: Core + Main - Cleveland

In the past few years, Cleveland, Ohio, has been With a tight deadline, Independence Excavating steadily upgrading their water and sewer infrastructure. used TR Flex® Ductile Iron Pipe to install more than Independence Excavating, Inc. was the successful low 2,000 feet of dual force mains of Class 52 12” and 18” bidder on the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s pipe. Independence Excavating demonstrated quality Superior Stones Canal CSO Improvement Project. workmanship in this tight area and met each deadline set by NEORSD. McWane Ductile is proud to have been part The area receiving an upgrade is the Superior Avenue of the team that completed this exciting project. Pump station located on the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland along with a new force main on Superior Avenue between W. 6th and W. 9th. Dealing with traffic in this congested area can be irritating; however, Independence Excavating’s team of dedicated workers were up for the challenge and did not disappoint.

12 SOUTH

Sales Region: South Types of DIP used on the project: Sales Representative: Eddie Lowe Diameter Joint Class Footage Project Location: Anderson SC 18" TYTON® 350 3,073 Project Owner/Utility: Anderson County ® Project Engineer: Goodwyn Mills and 8" TYTON 350 2,381 Cawood, Inc., Greenville SC Project Contractor: Stillwell Enterprises Sylva NC

The Betsy Tucker Gravity Sewer project (bid February 2017) is part of a $20 million bond issue to improve wastewater services to the area located near the I-85 corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte. The area has seen considerable industrial growth in recent years and is slated for more growth, both industrial and residential. Techtronic Industries (TTI), a global leader in the design and of consumer, professional, and industrial products, is located adjacent to this project. The company’s $75 million investment created 250 new jobs in the upstate, and further expansion is expected. This project also strengthens Anderson County’s position as an important part of South Carolina’s manufacturing industry, which also includes companies such as tire manufacturer Michelin, automaker BMW and numerous companies that support those industries.

13 TREATMENT PLANT

Types of DIP used on the project: Sales Region: Treatment Plant Diameter Joint Class Footage Sales Representative: Aaron Loosli 6" TYTON® 350 162 Project Location: Park City, Utah ® Project Owner/Utility: Snyderville Basin Water 8" TYTON 350 360 Reclamation District 10" TYTON® 350 1,050 Project Engineer: Carollo 12" TYTON® 350 199 Project Contractor: Gerber Construction 14" TYTON® 350 253 Project Distributor: Core and Main — West Jordan 18" TYTON® 350 162 20" TYTON® 350 180 30" TYTON® 350 395

In addition, the following material was supplied by Diameter Joint Class Footage McWane for the job: 4" TR Flex® 350 866 272 — Specially fabricated TR Flex® spools from every size 6" TR Flex® 350 2,881 123 — TR Flex® fittings from every size 8" TR Flex® 350 1,962 90 feet — 4” glass lined pipe 12" TR Flex® 350 611 24 — Specially fabricated 4” glass lined spools 14" TR Flex® 350 90 14 — 4” TR Flex® glass lined fittings 16" TR Flex® 350 839 18" TR Flex® 350 72 20" TR Flex® 350 286 30" TR Flex® 350 196

The Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District After a contractor prequalification and bidding process. currently owns and operates two Water Reclamation Utah contractor Gerber Construction was awarded the Facilities (WRF). One of those is the Silver Creek WRF project and began construction on April 18, 2016. The located in Park City, Utah. Currently the Silver Creek project, which will take three years to complete (fall of Water Reclamation Facility is rated at 2.0 million gallons 2019), replaces the existing facility with the construction per day. Planning efforts have identified a greater of one headworks building, two equalization tanks, capacity requirement for the future of the district. As two bioreactors, three clarifiers, 1 filter/disinfection part of that capacity increase, Silver Creek Water building, one solids tank, one solids dewatering building, Reclamation Facility is being expanded to 4.0 million one operations/pump/lab building, and one electrical/ gallons per day. generator building.

The District hired Carollo Engineers to design and McWane was instrumental in the design and supply of provide construction management services for the the ductile piping for this project. The engineers from project. The project design, completed in 2015, received McWane Services in were recruited to do the county and state approvals in late 2015 and early 2016. line drawings and takeoffs for the ductile iron pipe on

14 the job. They drew and produced the designs for 12 different sections of the project. McWane Ductile in Utah produced the pipe for the full-length runs and also provided the pipe and coordinated the fabrication for the large amounts of TR Flex® spools needed for the job. There was also a large number of TR Flex® fittings that were needed to put the pipelines together, and McWane Ductile in Utah provided these as well. The project was a huge undertaking, but through the coordination and teamwork of everyone at McWane Ductile, the job turned out to be a successful achievement.

15 WEST

Sales Region: West Types of DIP used on the project: Sales Representative: Jason Barnes Diameter Joint Class Footage Project Location: Bellevue, WA TYTON® Project Owner/Utility: City of Bellevue 36" 56 1,400 w/ P401 Project Engineer: Jacobs Engineering Group Project Contractor: Mid Mountain Contractors, Inc Project Distributor: Core + Main

This project was a very challenging and included several areas that made installation difficult. Each bell rested on a cement pile, and in some areas, the trench reached a 30’ depth. The application was a 30” gravity sewer, and the contractor had to rig up chains and chokers to push the pipe together because it was manhole to manhole with no support to push the pipe against. The project was not without many challenges, but the “iron- strong” relationships between Mid Mountain, HD Supply, and McWane Ductile, along with the knowledge and expertise of those on site, made this project a success.

16 EAST

Sales Region: East Types of DIP used on the project: District Manager: Mike Palermo Diameter Joint Class Footage Project Location: Geneva, New York TYTON® Project Owner/Utility: City of Geneva 16” 52 6,400 TR Flex® Project Contractor: F. Rizzo Construction TYTON® 20” 52 6,500 TR Flex® Corrosion Protection: V Bio

The City of Geneva needed to increase capacity and system redundancy system. The City chose F. Rizzo Construction to furnish and install approximately 13,000 feet of pipe. Approximately 2,500 feet of the 24” and 2,400 feet of the 16” will be horizontally directional drilled using TR Flex® pipe. This will reduce restoration in sensitive areas. F. Rizzo, an Auburn-based contractor, has been in business for more than 50 years. We at McWane are fortunate to be partners on this project.

17 Dear Ditch Doctor, Dear Ditch Doctor, I'm in a bind out here because you or somebody sent me a different wall Problem! One of my crew opened a bag of gaskets for use in class of pipe than what was ordered. The inspector out here is freaking your ductile iron pipe today, and I don't know what happened, but out because he doesn't know the pressure rating of this "substituted" apparently a container or two of pipe lubricant opened during shipping, pipe; he's already voiced his concern to the township engineer that and there is lube all over some of the gaskets! The inspector on this controls this project. What am I gonna do?? He's shut down the job until jobsite is telling me "those gaskets are contaminated and cannot be this gets "explained." I can't afford these delays! Winter is coming quick, used!" Is he right? What do you suggest? I need a quick answer. We and this project has to get done now! Help, please! are 200 miles from the nearest place to get new gaskets if needed.

Sincerely, Sincerely, Hyperventilating in Hobart (that's in Wisconsin) Wondering in Wyoming

Dear Hyper, Dear Wondering, To quote a popular "local guy" of yours, the great Aaron Rodgers — No problem! Take a step back and think about this logically, and per relax! your experience. What is the lubricant for? Where do you normally put it in every pipe joint? Correct, on the gaskets! Not that I'm saying Each and every piece of AWWA conforming ductile iron pipe, in pre-lubricating the gaskets was our intent or even a good idea, but every available thickness or pressure class, is rated ​from 700 to 900 it certainly did not contaminate the rubber gaskets. The gaskets psi of real fluid pressure contained within the pipeline, depending themselves and the lubricant supplied by us, the pipe manufacturer, upon the diameter. Pretty impressive, huh? But wait, there's more! are each NSF-61 listed, which means certified safe for contact with While that may sound extreme, it's not even close to alarm time. potable water and not contaminating in nature or content at all. AWWA standards include a casting tolerance and service allowance Plus, the lubricant is used to remove friction with the pipe exterior built into every ductile iron pipe wall, which affords even greater during the assembly process, minimizing the force needed to insert pressure containment than the rating indicates. For example, if I read the pipe spigot across the gasket and into the bell, while maximizing your sales order correctly, you ordered 24-inch pressure class 350 DIP the installer's margin for error at the same time. Here's the only true and we shipped class 52 DIP. This is not an uncommon practice when caution I will give you regarding your question. We do want friction we have equal to or better than what you've ordered in stock ( i.e., a between the outside of the gasket and the inside of a pipe bell in a slightly thicker pipe), and we can avoid you waiting for the production push-on pipe joint. This is important to keeping the gasket set in its of new pipe. The standard wall for PC 350 24-inch DIP is 0.43 inches seat during joint assembly. So while contamination from the lube is and the standard wall for class 52 DIP is 0.44, so essentially they are not a concern, because keep in mind, the approved pipe lubricant we the same pipe. Maximum pressure held by 24" PC 350 computes to provide is water soluble, it washes away, and that's what you should 1,400 psi while a TC 52 DIP has a maximum pressure value of 1,433 do for any gaskets to be used in a Tyton push-on DIP joint. Wash psi. Not that anyone would ever intentionally take a pipe to such the stray lube away with lots of water and then use the gaskets as if internal pressures out in the field, but it sure is nice to know that DIP nothing ever happened. All is good. If lube got on to mechanical joint can handle it, regardless of minor wall class differences nonetheless, ( MJ ) gaskets in any bag, that's different. No need to wash any of it right? You breathing normal again yet? away. Use those fitting gaskets pre-lubed as they are because any friction is always the enemy to the stuffing box design of ductile iron Also know that each and every pipe is hydrostatic tested to a fittings. We want no friction in ductile iron mechanical joints. This minimum of 500 psi during the manufacturing & finishing process, helps the gasket set fully in its triangular recess of the joint, without so each pipe you receive has already experienced more pressure complicating friction, and it will never loosen up if there's no original than your post-assembly testing or 100+ years of service life will friction involved. ever put on them. The beauty of ductile iron pipe begins with its strength and the bow on the package is its forever flexibility; it Sincerely Yours, never gets weaker in service. And speaking of weak, it's fun to The Ditch Doctor say, and it's true, that we can't make any ductile iron pipe weak enough to match other pipe materials! Building iron strong utilities for generations ain't just marketing brilliance. It is truth!

Sincerely Yours, The Ditch Doctor

18 SALES REPRESENTATIVES MIKE DODGE, VP SALES & MARKETING

ONTARIO Matt Drummond, Sales Representative Kim Christensen, Inside Sales Manager EAST SALES TEAM Paul Stringer, Sales Manager Cell: 614-917-3821 Office: 801-623-4254 Office: 705-799-7667 [email protected] [email protected] GENERAL SALES Cell: 705-750-5686 SOUTHERN OHIO, KENTUCKY, INDIANA, & ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO & Craig Spitzer, General Sales Manager [email protected] WEST VIRGINIA TEXAS (El Paso only) Office: 908-878-0822 Ron Siddique, Sales Representative [email protected] Darcie Keirns Wes Cassiere, Regional Sales Manager Cell: 289-244-8714 Sales Representative — Southwest Fran Tone, Inside Sales Manager [email protected] Cell: 740-607-9082 Cell: 480-280-5424 Office: 908-878-0823 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] WESTERN CANADA IOWA, MISSOURI, KANSAS, COLORADO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Gary Kurtz, Assistant Sales Manager Scott Bell, Sales Representative Cell: 604-499-3825 NEBRASKA, N. DAKOTA, S. DAKOTA & Carolyn Lopez, District Manager Office: 908-878-0821 MINNESOTA [email protected] [email protected] Office: 951-371-1440 Dan Henrie, Sales Manager Cell: 951-310-6444 Brent Williamson, Sales Representative CONNECTICUT & MASSACHUSETTS Cell: 630-604-7489 [email protected] Office: 604-737-1279 [email protected] Jeff Houser, District Manager New England Cell: 604-360-0960 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA & Office: 518-275-1780 [email protected] DELAWARE, MARYLAND, SOUTHERN NEVADA [email protected] VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, D.C., EASTERN David Bridge, Sales Representative VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MIDWEST SALES TEAM PENNSYLVANIA & TENNESSEE Cell: 951-520-6416 MAINE & RHODE ISLAND Alex Shelton, Sales Representative [email protected] Jim Guilbault, Sales Representative GENERAL SALES Cell: 740-572-2903 UTAH & COLORADO Office: 802-578-7057 [email protected] Scott Frank, General Sales Manager Aaron Loosli, Sales Representative [email protected] Office: 740-622-6651 SOUTH SALES TEAM Cell: 385-208-7352 NEW YORK Cell: 740-202-3094 [email protected] [email protected] Mike Palermo, District Manager New York GENERAL SALES WEST WASHINGTON & ALASKA Office: 585-737-0456 Geoff Guss, Assistant Sales Manager Terry Lynch, General Sales Manager [email protected] Office: 740-291-1053 Jason Harrison, Regional Sales Manager Office: 615-305-0768 Cell: 614-558-2908 — Northwest [email protected] CENTRAL & EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA [email protected] Cell: 425-681-1394 Bob Hartzel, District Manager Mid Atlantic [email protected] Dave Bursh, Inside Sales Manager ALABAMA, GEORGIA, SOUTH Office: 717-571-5683 Office: 740-291-1064 CAROLINA, FLORIDA, LOUISIANA Daniel Sullivan, Sales Representative [email protected] [email protected] & MISSISSIPPI Cell: 206-503-3900 Jeremy Gwin, Regional Sales Manager [email protected] NEW JERSEY & DELAWARE ILLINOIS Bob Hartzel, District Manager Mid Atlantic Office: 205-541-4090 OREGON Dan Flaig, District Manager Office: 717-571-5683 [email protected] Cell: 815-353-4607 Carrie Stephens, Sales Representative [email protected] [email protected] TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, TEXAS Cell: 503-577-4177 & OKLAHOMA [email protected] MARYLAND & WESTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHERN INDIANA Dusty Henderson, Regional Sales Manager PENNSYLVANIA & SOUTHWESTERN OHIO WASHINGTON, IDAHO, WYOMING, Ben Leonard, Sales Representative Office: 615-418-0741 MONTANA & HAWAII Jon Melloan, Sales Representative Cell: 908-442-5241 [email protected] Office: 502-859-2950 Jason Barnes, Sales Representative [email protected] Cell: 502-472-6647 ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA & Cell: 206-714-8213 NORTH CAROLINA [email protected] NORTH TEXAS [email protected] Dwayne Shelton, District Manager Piedmont Steve Waryas, Sales Representative NORTHERN CALIFORNIA & SOUTHERN MICHIGAN, NORTHERN Office: 918-938-2379 Office: 336-682-6187 INDIANA & NORTHWESTERN OHIO NORTHERN NEVADA [email protected] [email protected] Kevin Christian, Sales Representative Christine Michaelidis, Sales Representative VIRGINIA Cell: 734-223-5632 FLORIDA (Except Panhandle) Cell: 916-205-0906 [email protected] Todd Soady, Sales Representative [email protected] Gary Gula, Sales Representative Office: 757-262-6174 Office: 239-989-6298 MISSOURI, IOWA, KANSAS, [email protected] McWANE DUCTILE MASD [email protected] NEBRASKA & SOUTH DAKOTA Robin Hazlett, Sales Representative ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, FLORIDA CANADA SALES TEAM (Panhandle only) & TENNESSEE Mark Niewodowski, National Manager, Office: 816-873-3411 Marketing and Specifications Dept. Cell: 816-898-0516 (Memphis only) GENERAL SALES 1201 Vanderbilt Road, Birmingham, AL 35234 [email protected] Doug Clark, Sales Representative Office: 205-241-4361 Greg Eisnor, General Sales Manager Office: 662-341-0205 [email protected] Office: 902-444-7350 NORTHEASTERN OHIO & NORTHERN [email protected] Cell: 902-449-2685 WEST VIRGINIA Stuart Liddell, Sales Operations Manager [email protected] Kevin Ratcliffe, District Manager SOUTH CAROLINA & Office: 352-208-5709 Office: 740-291-1012 EASTERN GEORGIA [email protected] Martine Bernier, Technical Services Engineer Cell: 740-202-0004 Eddie Lowe, Sales Representative Cell: 819-740-7453 Jerry Regula, National Product Engineer [email protected] Office: 478-258-5458 [email protected] 2266 South Sixth Street, Coshocton, OH 43812 [email protected] CENTRAL & SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Office: 740-291-1068 Crystal Issacs, Manager, Sales Office [email protected] Office: 905-547-3251 & SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TENNESSEE (Except Memphis) [email protected] Phil Ames, Sales Representative Dusty Henderson, Sales Representative Ken Rickvalsky, National Product Engineer 183 Sitgreaves Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Martin Phinney, National Sales Engineer Cell: 614-325-6865 Office: 615-418-0741 Office: 609-290-7701 Office: 506-961-9229 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, NORTH TEXAS (Except El Paso) DAKOTA & NORTHERN MICHIGAN Roy Mundy, Regional Sales Engineer — ATLANTIC Scott Rhorick, Sales Representative Eastern Region Chris Mirwald, Sales Representative Office: 254-317-8455 Steve Philpott, Sales Representative 3672 Winding Wood Lane, Lexington, KY 40515 Office: 709-722-4814 Cell: 920-227-8616 [email protected] Cell: 859-361-8585 [email protected] Cell: 709-728-8760 WESTERN GEORGIA Fax: 859-273-4799 [email protected] [email protected] Brian Richard, Sales Representative TREATMENT PLANT SALES QUEBEC Office: 803-600-3323 John Johnson, Regional Sales Engineer — [email protected] Western Region Marc Giguere, Sales Manager 39926 Chalon Court, Temecula, CA 92591 Cell: 819-740-4242 GENERAL TREATMENT PLANT SALES WEST SALES TEAM Cell: 951-813-9589 [email protected] David Smith, General Sales Manager [email protected] Michel Metivier, Sales Representative Cell: 724-316-4093 GENERAL SALES Brittleigh Unger, Marketing Specialist Eastern Quebec [email protected] Nick Koncar, General Sales Manager 2266 South 6th Street Office: 418-843-3566 Cory Humphreys, Technical Services Manager Office: 801-623-4256 Coshocton, Ohio 43812 Cell: 418-802-4594 Office: 740-291-1046 Cell: 801-864-5544 Office: 740-202-7352 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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